I never realized that New York City was home to a Koreatown. Though it might be a block long, it left me more satisfied than the entire length of Canal Street. While I was strolling down West 32nd St, the center of Koreatown, I skipped in and out of a Korean market, and peered into all of the noodle and Korean barbecue shops. Thankfully, I found a small “hole-in-the-wall” shop that makes beautiful, delicious, large, and cheap kimbab.

There is one type of cuisine that New Jersey, along with the rest of the Northeat, lacks and that is barbeque. One cannot drive too far down the street without spotting a diner, an Italian bistro, or a bar with superior finger food. However, when barbeque can be found in Jersey one must question how authentic and fresh it is. For me, the most crucial factor is how much love has gone into it. I recently moved back to South Jersey where BBQ is pretty sparse but not impossible to …